Washington U researchers improve colorectal cancer imaging

A biomedical engineering team at Washington University in St. Louis has begun research on improving colorectal cancer screening tools by combining machine learning and optical coherence tomography. 

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Optical coherence tomography allows physicians to shine a light into the colon and see deeper to diagnose abnormalities more accurately. 

Students used traditional imaging data from optical coherence tomography to teach a machine how to differentiate normal from cancerous colon tissue, according to a university press release. 

Combining the two technologies allowed for researchers to diagnose cancerous tissue with 93 percent accuracy.

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